Reuse compiled golang

snapcraft
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I’d like to use go-sqlite3. Building it takes a long time (~5 mins), and for me this happens on every snapcraft run.

My code has two relevant imports:

import (
“database/sql”

    _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"

)

The go-sqlite3 import results in rebuilding it every time, but the import is needed to register the sqlite3 driver with database/sql.

Is there a way to add the pre-compiled go binary[1] to my snap so it is not rebuilt every time, but also keep the required go-sqlite3 import?

[1] go/pkg/linux_arm/github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3.a

Cheers,
kyleN

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Yeah, this sounds like something we can have a part for. Independent parts have independent pull/build/install/clean stages.

@sergiusens or @elopio will have more details.

3

We have not experimented with using go libraries that have been staged for other parts to use, will need to look into the go compiler and get back to this.

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